Old Pueblo Abuelo: FC Tucson is in great hands with Amanda Powers, Kelly Pierce and Jon Pearlman

The temperature keeps rising, and the monsoons are blowing through, so it shouldn’t be so surprising, the Old Pueblo is home to the hottest team too.

FC Tucson beat New England Revolution II 4-2 Saturday night in Kino North Stadium to improve to an even slate of 4-4-4 in the United Soccer League – League One (USL-1) and the victory moved the Men in Black into a grouping of clubs within striking distance of the top of the league but still on the edge of falling off completely.

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With 16 points, FC Tucson is the only team in the USL-1 with only one setback against multiple wins over the last five matches. The team is still considered a long shot to move into the top level thanks to a very rough start but one more victory could see the program move safely into realm of competitor rather than doormat.

The team went 0-2-2 in June and FC Tucson president Amanda Powers made the difficult but correct move, as she relayed to me during the undefeated and championship season of the FC Tucson Women program she successfully oversaw this summer, to hand the coaching duties of the men back to current Vice President of Soccer Operations and former head coach Jon Pearlman

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